This is an open letter that has been sent to NOAA Fisheries: We have seafood processor clients all over the world, including the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction, and are absolutely appalled by the outrageous abuse of your agency’s administrative power.
"Guilty until proven innocent" is not American — and is expensive to defend.
Which agencies are trying to bankrupt the fishing industry at taxpayer expense? The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration? The U.S. Department of Commerce? The National Marine Fisheries Service? The U.S. Coast Guard?
What is the umbrella agency and hierarchy? How many taxpayer dollars have been spent on this vendetta?